Providence Post Game Thread.

[UCFan1513]

If Providence hits free throws, they win this game

We missed a lot of free throws in the first half too so you can play that game both ways

 

[HuskyWarrior611]

When the announcers of this game spent three minutes complementing the refs on a well officiated game so far, my right eye started twitching.

Refs and announcers should be forced to make a written apology after this game.

Wasn’t much the refs can do. There were just a lot of fouls this game. None really ticky tac.

 

[DaMuttzNutt]

Donny Marshall is a terrible announcer. Like this game was ugly and the announcers made it even worse.

Move on with the W

 

[Poe]

Seeing that Fonts guy on the court in a Big East game makes that 150 minute root canal worth it. I have a new favorite non-UConn player.

Nice of English to put the equipment manager in at crunch time.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Saturday will not be a road game.

Ah, we're gonna get started on this 40-point blowout again?

 

[uconnfan68]

Anyone hear why Ball didn’t play at all?

He played in the first half.

 

[uconntoatl]

Wasn’t much the refs can do. There were just a lot of fouls this game. None really ticky tac.

They called two on Clingan that were absurd. There were also a handful of calls made by a ref that had no clear angle to call a foul.

 

[JRDBWK]

Tonight showed one thing, it proved that even when everyone is shooting poorly, refs are calling a million fouls, missing free throws... They can still win the game!

 

[3rdbass]

Donny Marshall is a terrible announcer. Like this game was ugly and the announcers made it even worse.

Move on with the W

He is awful with his Anti-Uconn stuff. He even got the play by play announcer calling out fouls on Uconn. LOL!

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

And for the record, I have NO problem with that dunk at the end by Stewart.

To anybody who didn't like it, he's just a kid. Turns 19 this week.

 

[GameTime]

It was AWESOME. can't think of a better way to beat providence..... in the words of Mr. Sanogo "They thought they could win, but they could not"

 

[superjohn]

Donny was awful to listen to today. Hey got my blood pressure up more than the game.

Rickey Henderson used to stand naked in front of a full length mirror and repeat Rickey is the man. I wouldn't be at all surprised to hear Donny gives himself the same Donny pep talk.

 

[homunculus]

• Refs absolutely bailed us out on Oduro's third foul. Really favorable whistle in the first half, I'd be upset if I was a Providence fan
• Refs let us beat up Carter all night. He was exhausted at the end. Respect to him for fighting through it

Simply amazing.

 

[DCT]

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Glad this game wasn't played at XL

 

[Icehawk]

This went about how I expected, PC is always tough and after that demolition of Xavier there's always the chance of a let down game. Thankfully the team is just too damn good to lose even when the rim seems to be off limits.

Ton of fouls yes, but I think overall it was called fairly. Don't forget to add one from Hurley and one from PC's bench to the total

Castle was a an A+, his D was just as impressive as his O. Clingan probably had one of his poorest games, he seemed a bit off from the get-go. Picking up a 4th foul in the first 18s of the 2nd half? He's better than this and thankfully the team has played enough without him that we still win. I loved seeing Oduro bounce off him in the last minute of the game, made me chuckle.

 

[3rdbass]

I think everyone is disgusted by the amount of fouls called on both teams, not the fact that PC is an excelllent rugby team.

Yeah that was the worst called game ever. It was almost unwatchable.

 

[Devland]

Is there a bigger drama queen in basketball than Carter? Always crying for a foul and never commits one himself. Then at least once a game he is on the floor feigning an injury. He is always back up a minute later running around like nothing happened.

 

[AtlantaHusky]

we win.
Castle is now no longer in frosh mode.
motivation at the venue formerly known as the dunk
Cam shot horrible, not normal but made all his FTs.
Donovan will learn, PVD big was a good lesson for him
We faced adversity and won
Lots of tape for coaches
Hit the hot tub
PVD did everything they could to compete. They play hard football in hoops unis.
Corey, I'll never be a fan.
extra time to drink more with a long ass torturous game
Donny wtf?
Main announcer, yeah that was at XL dude? not "in this building"
Saturday will be early game, won't be up as late for this reason. We will shoot better.
i'm out.

 

[superjohn]

If Providence hits free throws, they win this game

If UConn doesn't brick everything from outside and fumble away 5 fast breaks it isn't close at all.

 

[J187Money]

Somehow Frasier Crane got in the game for Providwnce with 1:00 left.

MF needs some rogaine

 

[auror]

If Providence hits free throws, they win this game

If we hit 35% from 3 we win by 20. 17% at home. 45% 3-point shooter went 1/8. We can play this game all day.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

We had 10 less fouls than them. I think we had like 5 or 6 at half. The 2nd half was officiated poorly in the sense that there wasn’t nearly as much leeway given as in the 1st half. But, it wasn’t favoring one team over another at all IMO.

 

[Chin Diesel]

IF my aunt had a beard she’d be my uncle

Not any more.

 

[UConnSwag11]

English is a good coach. He had three things in his game plan he wanted to accomplish.

Turn Castle into a three point shooter. It worked for a bit until Castle started scoring at the rim. Very different than when teams did that to Jackson.

Have Oduro minimize Clingan which he did with help from Clingan.

And muck up the game because he knows PC wouldn’t stand a chance in a free flowing game. Refs helped this.

 

[Excalibur]

I'd really love to know which of the fouls called on Providence he thinks were not actually fouls.

The Friars' game plan was to dare the officials to call a foul on every possession. After the first five minutes, the officials took them up on their offer. I'm fine with the strategy -- trying to play bully ball was the only hope they had. Just don't complain when it (predictably) results in a ton of foul calls.